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B. L. STOWE. METHOD 0T JOINING KNIT BELTS.

No. 446,084. Patented Feb. 10,1891.

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No. 446,084. Patented Feb. 10,1891.

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METHOD 0F JOINING KNIT BELTS. T No. 446,084. Patented Peb. l0, 1891.

@6% www@ IUNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

BENJAMIN I.. S'IOIVF, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO IIDISIILF AND J. VAN D. REED, OF NEW" YORK, N. Y.

BELTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,084, dated February l0, 1891.

Application filed April G, 1886. Renewed May 24, 1890. Serial No. 352,997. (No moel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. S'rowE, of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Method of Joining Knit Belts, of which the following is a specification.

` 'lhe method which I have devised, and which will be presently described in detail, is designed to facilitate the joining, piecing, or repairing of knit-fabric belts.

The knit fabric of which the belting is coinposed is one that has incorporated in its structure straight longitudinal strands, which prevent the belt from stretching.

In carrying out my invention I unravel sullicient of the two pieces of fabric at the ends which are to be joined together to obtain ends of the several longitudinal strands long enough to be tied together. I then tie together the longitudinal strands of the two pieces of fabric to be united, after which I restore a sufficient number of the knitted stitches (which were in the iirst instance unraveled) to join the looped stitches of the,

two ends together, the meeting ends of the warp-th reads being tied together and the weftthreads being then run inte place and having their meeting ends tied together. The manner in which I proceed, however, can best be explained and understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,"

Figure l is a face view, on a greatly-enlarged scale, of the adjoining ends of two pieces of knit belting joined in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a like view of two pieces of knit belting of a modified structure. Fig. 3 is a like view of still another modification.

In the actual web or fabric the strands are of course packed closely together. They are represented, however, in the drawings enlarged and widely separated, in order that the structure of the fabric may be more readily discerned.

rlhe fabric shown in Fig. l is ordinary knit fabric of the desired width for the belt, having incorporated with it, however, longitudinal strands and a weft. The knit warp-threads are shown at a, the longitudinal strands at h, and the weft at c. rlhe longitudinal strands usually consist of cords made up of a number of separate strands, and they are so represented in the drawings. The longitudinal strands in Fig. I are laid in the spaces between the rows of interlocked warp-loops and are held in the fabric between the weft and those portions of the warp which extend diagonally between the rows of loops.

In Fig. i. the knit fabric contains the longitudinal strands Z) and weft c. It differs, however, from the fabric in Fig. l in the knitting of its warlii-threads, the warp-threads a being worked by a set of vertical needles and those marked a being worked bya set of horizontal needles. In this fabric are also seen warps d, which are small binding-warps fed to the horizontal needles by aguide which feeds a warp alternately to one and the other of two contiguous needles.

In Fig. 3 the fabric in structure is similar to that shown in Fig. 2, save that the longitudinal strands are omitted.

Having indicated in a general way the structure of' the fabric,I come new to the features in which myimprovemei'it is comprised, which, as hereinbefore stated, has reference tothe joining or piecing or repairingof knitfabric belting.

In the several gures the joint at which the two pieces of beltingare joined together is indicated by the broken or dotted eross-line.

In order to make the joint between the two pieces of' belting in Fig. l, the ends to be joined are unraveled far enough to procure sufficient length of longitudinal strands to permit the corresponding strands of the adjoining pieces to be tied firmly together, as illustrated in the left-handlongitudinal strand in Fig. l, and also in the two longitudinal strands in Fig. 2. To avoid large knots, the longitudinal strands, which, as beforesaid, usually consist of cords made up of several strands, may be divided and portions 0f the several strands tied together at different points, as indicated in Fig. I and also in Fig. 2 at the points marked l with reference to the longitudinal strands just above inentioned. After this the knitted stitches should be restored in sufficient number to join the loops of the two ends properly together, the meeting ends of correspondingthreads of the two ends being tied together, as indicated at 2 in Fig. l and at 2, 3, and Ll in Fig. 2, and

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-Verse connections between one strand and the second strand from it, as indicated with reference to the four right-hand longitudinal strands in Fig. 1, the numeral l here also being used to designate the joint between the two ends; or, as seen in Fig. 3,the two pieces of beltig may be united by means of a cord e, which to a certain extent,- if not entirely, su'- persedes for this purpose the longitudinal strands, said cord ruiming back and forth from one piece of the belt to the other, as indicated in the drawings, thereby joining the two together. After this is done the knitted stitches andthe weft are replaced or restored and the meeting ends of correspondingthreads in the two pieces are tied, as before described.

In Fig. 3 the numerals 2 3 4 5 4refer to parts similar to those identified by like numerals in Fig. 2.

Having now described my improvement and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

,The method of joining two ends or pieces of knitted fabric, consisting in unraveling the two ends, joining them together by longitudinal strands or their specified equivalent, and then restoring the knittingsuiciently to join together the stitches of the two ends and tying together the meeting ends of corresponding threads, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. A l

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this tliday of April, 1886. y A BENJAMIN L. STOWE.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK A. S'ro'wn, NATHAN SToWE. 

